183rd New York State Legislature


The 183rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1979, to December 31, 1980, during the fifth and sixth years of Hugh Carey's governorship, in Albany.

Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision to follow the One man, one vote rule, re-apportioned in 1971, and amended in 1974, by the Legislature, 60 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. Senate and Assembly districts consisted of approximately the same number of inhabitants, the area being apportioned contiguously without restrictions regarding county boundaries.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Conservative Party, the Right to Life Party, the Liberal Party, the Libertarian Party, the Socialist Workers Party, the Communist Party and the Labor Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1978, was held on November 7. Governor Hugh Carey was re-elected, and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo was elected Lieutenant Governor, both Democrats. The elections to the other two statewide elective offices resulted in a Republican Comptroller and a Democratic Attorney General. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 2,306,000; Republicans 1,913,000; Conservatives 243,000; Right to Life 130,000; Liberals 123,000; Libertarians 19,000; Socialist Workers 13,000; Communists 11,000; and Labor 9,000.
Seven of the ten women members of the previous legislature were elected again: State Senators Olga A. Méndez, of East Harlem, and Linda Winikow, of Spring Valley; and Assemblywomen Elizabeth Connelly, of Staten Island; Pinny Cooke, of Rochester; Estella B. Diggs, of the Bronx; and Gerdi E. Lipschutz, of Queens, were re-elected; and Assemblywoman Mary B. Goodhue, a lawyer of Mount Kisco, was elected to the State Senate. Carol Berman, of Lawrence, was also elected to the State Senate. Rhoda S. Jacobs, of Brooklyn; Joan B. Hague, of Glens Falls; May W. Newburger, of Great Neck; Toni Rettaliata, of Huntington; and Florence M. Sullivan, a lawyer of Brooklyn, were also elected to the Assembly. Thus the 183rd Legislature had 13 women members, surpassing the previous record of 11 in the 181st New York State Legislature.
The New York state election, 1979, was held on November 6. No statewide elective offices were up for election, and there were no vacancies in the Legislature.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the first regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1979; and recessed indefinitely in the early morning of June 17.
Stanley Fink was elected Speaker.
Warren M. Anderson was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.
The Legislature was again in session on and off in October and November 1979, to consider legislation concerning energy matters.
The Legislature met for the second regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 9, 1980; and recessed indefinitely on June 15.
The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany from November 19 to 23. This session was called by Governor Carey to consider legislation on banking, the State budget, and housing in New York City.

State Senate

Senators

The asterisk denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Christopher J. Mega, Mary B. Goodhue, Charles D. Cook and John B. Daly changed from the Assembly to the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on..."
DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1stKenneth LaValle*Republican
2ndJames J. LackRepublican
3rdCaesar Trunzo*Republican
4thOwen H. Johnson*Republican
5thRalph J. Marino*Republican
6thJohn R. Dunne*Republican
7thJohn D. Caemmerer*RepublicanChairman of Transportation
8thNorman J. Levy*Republican
9thCarol BermanDemocrat
10thJeremy S. WeinsteinDemocrat
11thFrank Padavan*Republican
12thGary L. AckermanDemocrat
13thEmanuel R. Gold*DemocratDeputy Minority Leader
14thAnthony V. Gazzara*Democrat
15thMartin J. Knorr*Republican
16thHoward E. Babbush*Democrat
17thMajor Owens*Democrat
18thThomas J. Bartosiewicz*Democrat
19thMarty MarkowitzDemocrat
20thDonald Halperin*Democrat
21stChristopher J. Mega*Republican
22ndMartin M. Solomon*Democrat
23rdVander L. Beatty*Democrat
24thJohn J. Marchi*RepublicanChairman of Finance
25thMartin Connor*Democrat
26thRoy M. Goodman*Republican
27thManfred Ohrenstein*DemocratMinority Leader
28thCarl McCall*Democratin December 1979, appointed as Alternative Representative for
Special Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the U.N.
28thLeon BoguesDemocraton February 12, 1980, elected to fill vacancy
29thFranz S. Leichter*Democrat
30thOlga A. Méndez*Democrat
31stIsrael Ruiz, Jr.*Democrat
32ndJoseph L. Galiber*Democrat
33rdAbraham Bernstein*Democrat
34thJohn D. Calandra*RepublicanMajority Whip
35thJohn E. Flynn*Republican
36thJoseph R. Pisani*Republican
37thMary B. Goodhue*Republican
38thLinda Winikow*Democrat
39thJay P. Rolison, Jr.*Republican
40thRichard E. Schermerhorn*Republican
41stJoseph Bruno*Republican
42ndHoward C. Nolan, Jr.*Democrat
43rdRonald B. Stafford*Republican
44thHugh T. Farley*Republican
45thHugh Douglas Barclay*Republican
46thJames H. Donovan*Republican
47thWarren M. Anderson*Republicanre-elected Temporary President
48thCharles D. Cook*Republican
49thMartin S. Auer*Republican
50thTarky Lombardi, Jr.*RepublicanChairman of Health
51stWilliam T. Smith*RepublicanDeputy Majority Leader
52ndFrederick L. Warder*Republicandied on July 23, 1980
53rdJohn D. Perry*Democrat
54thFred J. Eckert*RepublicanChairman of Conservation and Recreation
55thJoseph A. Tauriello*DemocratMinority Whip; in 1980 appointed to the NYS Workers' Compensation Board
56thRaymond F. Gallagher*Democrat
57thJess J. Present*Republican
58thDale M. Volker*RepublicanChairman of Energy
59thWalter J. Floss Jr.Republican
60thJohn B. Daly*Republican

Employees

Assemblymen

The asterisk denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on..."
DistrictAssemblymenPartyNotes
1stJohn L. BehanRepublican
2ndGeorge J. Hochbrueckner*Democrat
3rdIcilio W. Bianchi, Jr.*Democrat
4thRobert C. Wertz*Republican
5thPaul E. Harenberg*Democrat
6thJohn C. Cochrane*Republican
7thJohn J. Flanagan*Republican
8thToni RettaliataRepublican
9thLouis T. HowardRepublican
10thLewis J. Yevoli*Democrat
11thPhilip B. Healey*Republican
12thFrederick E. ParolaRepublican
13thThomas S. Gulotta*Republican
14thJoseph M. Reilly*Republican
15thAngelo F. Orazio*DemocratChairman of Energy
16thMay W. NewburgerDemocrat
17thKemp Hannon*Republican
18thArmand P. D'Amato*Republican
19thRaymond J. McGrath*Republicanon November 4, 1980, elected to the 97th U.S. Congress
20thArthur J. Kremer*DemocratChairman of Ways and Means
21stGeorge H. Madison*Republican
22ndGerdi E. Lipschutz*Democrat
23rdJohn A. Esposito*Republican
24thSaul Weprin*Democrat
25thVincent F. Nicolosi*Democrat
26thLeonard P. Stavisky*Democrat
27thArthur J. Cooperman*Democraton November 6, 1979, elected to the New York City Civil Court
27thDavid L. CohenDemocraton February 12, 1980, elected to fill vacancy
28thAlan G. Hevesi*DemocratDeputy Majority Leader
29thAndrew JenkinsDemocrat
30thRalph Goldstein*Democrat
31stAnthony S. SeminerioDemocrat
32ndEdward Abramson*Democrat
33rdJohn T. Flack*Republican
34thIvan C. Lafayette*Democrat
35thJohn G. Lopresto*Republican
36thDenis J. Butler*Democrat
37thClifford E. Wilson*Democrat
38thFrederick D. Schmidt*Democrat
39thStanley Fink*Democratelected Speaker
40thEdward Griffith*Democrat
41stMurray WeinsteinDemocrat
42ndHarry SmolerDemocrat
43rdRhoda S. JacobsDemocrat
44thMel Miller*Democrat
45thChuck Schumer*Democraton November 4, 1980, elected to the 97th U.S. Congress
46thHoward L. Lasher*Democrat
47thFrank J. Barbaro*Democrat
48thSamuel Hirsch*Democrat
49thDominick L. DiCarlo*Republican
50thFlorence M. SullivanRepublican
51stJoseph Ferris*Democrat
52ndMichael L. Pesce*Democrat
53rdWoodrow Lewis*Democrat
54thThomas S. Boyland*Democrat
55thThomas R. Fortune*Democrat
56thAlbert Vann*Democrat
57thHarvey L. Strelzin*Democrat
58thJoseph R. Lentol*Democrat
59thVictor L. RoblesDemocrat
60thGuy Molinari*Republicanon November 4, 1980, elected to the 97th U.S. Congress
61stElizabeth Connelly*Democrat
62ndLouis DeSalvio*Democratresigned on January 9, 1979
62ndPaul M. ViggianoDemocraton March 20, 1979, elected to fill vacancy
63rdSheldon Silver*Democrat
64thWilliam F. Passannante*Democrat
65thSteven Sanders*Democrat
66thMark Alan Siegel*Democrat
67thRichard N. Gottfried*Democrat
68thAlexander B. Grannis*Democrat
69thJerrold Nadler*Democrat
70thEdward C. Sullivan*Democrat
71stGeorge W. Miller*DemocratMajority Whip
72ndAngelo Del Toro*Democrat
73rdEdward H. Lehner*Democrat
74thHerman D. Farrell, Jr.*Democrat
75thJosé E. Serrano*Democrat
76thCharles R. Johnson*Democrat
77thArmando Montano*Democrat
78thEstella B. Diggs*Democrat
79thLouis Niñé*DemocratChairman of the Democratic Conference
80thGuy J. Velella*Republican
81stEliot Engel*Democrat
82ndSean P. Walsh*Democrat
83rdGeorge Friedman*Democrat
84thG. Oliver Koppell*Democrat
85thJohn C. Dearie*Democrat
86thVincent A. Marchiselli*Democrat
87thNicholas A. SpanoRepublican
88thRichard C. Ross*Republican
89thWilliam B. Finneran*Democrat
90thGordon W. Burrows*RepublicanDeputy Minority Leader
91stJohn M. PeroneRepublican
92ndPeter M. Sullivan*Republican
93rdJon S. FosselRepublican
94thWillis H. Stephens*Republican
95thEugene Levy*Republican
96thRobert J. Connor*Democrat
97thWilliam J. Larkin, Jr.Republican
98thRaymond M. KisorRepublican
99thEmeel S. Betros*Republicandied on March 10, 1980
99thStephen M. SalandRepublicanon April 15, 1980, elected to fill vacancy
100thGlenn E. Warren*Republican
101stMaurice D. Hinchey*DemocratChairman of Environmental Conservation
102ndClarence D. Lane*Republican
103rdMichael J. Hoblock, Jr.*Republican
104thRichard J. Conners*Democrat
105thArlington P. Van DykeRepublican
106thNeil W. Kelleher*Republican
107thClark C. Wemple*Republican
108thRobert A. D'Andrea*Republican
109thGlenn H. Harris*RepublicanMinority Whip
110thJoan B. HagueRepublican
111thAndrew W. Ryan, Jr.*Republican
112thDavid O'Brien Martin*Republicanon November 4, 1980, elected to the 97th U.S. Congress
113thAnthony J. CasaleRepublican
114thH. Robert Nortz*Republican
115thWilliam R. Sears*Republican
116thNicholas J. Calogero*Republican
117thJohn R. Zagame*Republican
118thLeonard F. Bersani*Republican
119thHyman M. Miller*Republican
120thMelvin N. Zimmer*Democrat
121stWilliam E. Bush*Republican
122ndClarence D. Rappleyea, Jr.*RepublicanChairman of the Republican Conference
123rdJames W. McCabe*Democrat
124thJames R. Tallon, Jr.*DemocratChairman of Health
125thLloyd Stephen Riford, Jr.*Republican
126thGeorge H. Winner, Jr.Republican
127thCharles D. Henderson*Republican
128thHugh S. MacNeilRepublican
129thL. Paul KehoeRepublican
130thThomas A. Hanna*Republican
131stGary Proud*Democrat
132ndPinny Cooke*Republican
133rdAndrew D. Virgilio*Democrat
134thRoger J. Robach*Democrat
135thJames F. Nagle*Republican
136thJames L. Emery*RepublicanMinority Leader
137thR. Stephen Hawley*Republican
138thJoseph T. PillittereDemocrat
139thMatthew J. Murphy, Jr.*Democrat
140thRobin L. Schimminger*Democrat
141stJohn B. Sheffer IIRepublican
142ndStephen R. Greco*Democrat
143rdArthur O. Eve*Democrat
144thWilliam B. Hoyt*Democrat
145thRichard J. KeaneDemocrat
146thDennis T. Gorski*Democrat
147thRichard L. KennedyRepublican
148thVincent J. Graber, Sr.*DemocratChairman of Transportation
149thDaniel B. Walsh*DemocratMajority Leader
150thRolland E. Kidder*Democrat

Employees